Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-28
Ihe SParks-FOram Unpleasantnesss
Mr. roRASs SIDE or THE NATTER.
HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVE,
WASHINGTON, ID. c. Janual


To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
In your issue OF last evening appeared an Item
Win the caption 'Gen. Sparks on his Mettle, In
which the land commissioner is made TO say, re-
ferrfng to myself:
We'll sir replied Gen. Sparks. your constituents
to represent them Further this is rot the place
ior snch remarks and You don't leave this ONCE III
II Gen. Sparks made use OF this language, IL
furnishes al least one excuse for the heSitancy or
TINS administration In putting democrats In once
!nasmucn as my constituents ''determined thal
was the man TO represent them by re-eiecfiaQ
me, and that too by an Increased majority and In
dlStr1ct That gave the last republican candidate
Tor governor plurality OF nearly four thousand,
IL seems IL would be- I'm order for Mr. Sparks 10 hire
an9 y, he1 repaocan clerk whose sole duty would
De 10 keep his chief posted upon current events,
however, IL may be possible that this portion OF
the interview" Is as false the balance or TX.
was in substance, this: ..If the policy
OF retaining republicans In ONCE that is now pre-
vn il was understood In lSsi. you would not be
now CHIEF OF this office" The general responded
In speech In which 81, Sparks, and my ability"
were Ine principal words used. To this replied ::
I" II your ability was million times as great as it
Is, You would not be here II Grover Cleveland was
not elected President in 1884, and notwi,h stand
ing your great genius, the republicans will have
III the general ordered me To leave his 20 Office
certainly did not hear him do SO. though as such
conduct upon the part OF the general is quite
within the range of possibilities, he may have
zone 50 N. A. FoRAN.
One Nomination To-day.
The President sent the following nomination TO
the Senate to-day: Edward W. Nealey, OF Hagers-
town. Nd, to be consul at Munich.
r. q. ID. Appointments.
W. D. Lambert, OF Kentucky, has been appointed
to $1,000 clerkship in the Office OF the Third
Assistant Postmaster General, and I'D. Yelverton,
OF Alabama, to 500 clerkship In the dead letter
ONCE, both under the civil service rules
A Solution of the Gas Question.
A BILL 10 PROVIDE UNIFORM RATE THROUGHOUT
THE DISTRICT.
In the Senate to-day Mr. Ingalls,, from the Dis
tr1ct committee, reported as an amendment to the
bill In relation to gas I'm Washington bill for
West Washington. IL provides that from and
after June Both, 1887, the price Of Illuminating
gas in all parts OF the District OF Columbia shall
be uniform; that the Georgetown Gaslight CON-
pany Is hereby authorized and empowered 10 con-
solidate with the Washington Gaslight company
by the exchange OF the stock OF the Georgetown
company for the stock OF the Washington company
on such terms and in such proportions as may he
agreed between the companies and the Washing
ton company shall retain Its present name For
the purpose OF carrying out this provision the
washington company is authorized 10 issue seven
thousand f1ye hundred shares or It's capital stock
In addition to the amount now authorized by law
The stock OF the Georgetown company so ex-
changed shall be cancelled. As soon as the en-
change shall have been made the Georgetown
company Snail 'urn over all its property, books.
accounts claims ETC., to the Washington COM
pany, and the latter shall become the
owner, and shall be liable for all debts.
The Washington company is authorized TO extend
its mains and pipes across Rock creek into West
Washington and connect with the mains ana pipes
OF the Georgetown company; and IL shall manu-
facture and sell gas TO West Washington In the
same manner and upon the same terms as In the
city or Washington, and shall enjoy the same
powers and privileges In West Washington that
are by law conferred upon it for this city.
The bill also provides that the Georgetown
company shall cease and determine, but that this
act shall not interfere with any contract action
at law, or prejudice any right, privilege, ETC., OF
the Washington company.
This amendment Will be called up and consid-
cred In connection with the pending bill to regu-
late gas in Washington. Senator Spooner is
watching daily for chance TO get the subject up,
and he believes the Senate Will accept the CON-
mittee's bill and amendment as a solution OF the
gas question.